Hull Vane yields fuel savings for super yacht
MARCH 26, 2015 — The 42-meter displacement motoryacht Alive, recently delivered by Heesen Yachts in the Netherlands, is the first luxury yacht equipped with a Hull Vane, a fixed foil located below
ITF task force backs Latin American, Caribbean cabotage
MARCH 26, 2015 — Unions affiliated with the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) have launched a new Americas Region task force group dedicated to protecting the rights of Latin American and Caribbean
Maersk Line orders seven 3,600 TEU box ships
MARCH 26, 2015 — Maersk Line today signed a newbuilding order with COSCO Shipyard Co., Ltd in Zhoushan China. The order is for seven 3,600 TEU container ships. The vessels will have
AWT in collaboration with Veson Nautical
MARCH 26, 2015 — Applied Weather Technology, Inc. (AWT), a StormGeo Company, is to collaborate with Veson Nautical to simplify how captains report to shore-based managers. Headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, AWT
Carnival Corporation makes two key appointments
MARCH 26, 2015 — Carnival Corporation & plc (NYSE/LSE: CCL; NYSE: CUK), the world’s largest cruise company has named Julia M. Brown to the newly created role of Chief Procurement Officer (CPO)
Jones Act tied to crude oil exports
MARCH 25, 2015—In maritime attorneys Winston & Strawn LLP’s MaritimeFedWatch blog, Charlie Papavizas writes that the U.S. Congress is considering whether to reverse the 1975 ban on crude oil exports prompted by
Relief fund set up for Vanuatu, after devastating cyclone
MARCH 25, 2015—Thousands are homeless and at least 17 people are dead in Vanuatu, in the wake of the deadly Cyclone Pam that struck the tiny nation on March 13. Relief efforts
ABS updates guidance on LNG bunkering
MARCH 24, 2015 – Classification ABS has updated its guidance on LNG Bunkering in North America to support the transport sector’s increasingly rapid transition to the use of cleaner fuels. The second
Davie celebrates 190th anniversary
MARCH 24, 2015 – Canada’s largest shipyard, Chantier Davie Canada Inc., Levis, Quebec, is celebrating its 190th anniversary this year. Today, Mr. Jean D’Amour, Quebec’s Minister for Transport and the Implementation of
MTU to pay $1.2 million in settlement with EPA
MARCH 24, 2015 – As part of a settlement to resolve alleged Clean Air Act violations, MTU America Inc. (MTU), a subsidiary of Rolls-Royce Power Systems AG, is to pay a $1.2